1124                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 669

all interest and principal on said bonds as it becomes due, and shall
then deposit the residue of said moneys in some bank or banks in
said County to the joint credit of the County Commissioners and
the Commission, The Commission is authorized to pay the interest
on any bonds it may issue out of the proceeds of the sale of said
bonds, but not more than one year's interest may be so expended.
NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
LIMIT OR RESTRICT THE UNCONDITIONAL LIABILITY OF
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CECIL COUNTY, UNDER
ITS GUARANTEE AFORESAID, FOR THE PROMPT PAYMENT
OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND THE INTEREST ON ANY OF
THE ABOVE DESCRIBED BONDS. IF, IN ANY YEAR, THE
TAXES, ASSESSMENTS OR FUNDS ABOVE PROVIDED IN
THE PAYMENT OF SUCH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST SHALL
PROVE INSUFFICIENT FOR SUCH PURPOSE, THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS SHALL, UPON NOTIFICATION FROM THE
COMMISSION, MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE FROM ITS GEN-
ERAL FUNDS AND SAID COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE
HEREBY EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED TO LEVY AD VALOREM
TAXES UPON ALL PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY SUBJECT
TO ASSESSMENT FOR UNLIMITED COUNTY TAXATION IN
RATE AND AMOUNT SUFFICIENT FOR SAID PURPOSE. IN
ANY YEAR FOLLOWING THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY SUCH
DEFICIENCY WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR SANITARY
DISTRICT, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY RECOVER
SAID PAYMENT BY AN INCREASE IN THE TAXES AND AS-
SESSMENTS LEVIED OR IMPOSED IN SAID DISTRICT.

In order that the prompt payment of interest and the proper
provision for the payment of the principal of said bonds shall be
assured, the prompt and proper performance of the respective acts
and duties heretofore defined is specifically enjoined, and any
failure upon the part of any person, persons, body corporate or
agent to perform the necessary acts and duties hereafter set forth,
to pay over the said funds as required, or to use said funds or any
part thereof for any other purpose than for the payment of the
principal and interest on said bonds, is hereby declared a misde-
meanor and punishable as other misdemeanors are punishable by
Section 414 of this sub-title.

400. Whenever the plans and specifications for water supply,
sewerage or drainage systems for any sanitary district shall have
been completed and the Commission shall have decided after oppor-
tunity for a hearing has been given to proceed with the construction
thereof, it shall advertise, by notice in one newspaper published in
Cecil County and such newspapers and technical press as it may
deem proper, for bids for the construction of said system or systems,
in part or as a whole, as in its judgment may appear advisable.
The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or the
Commission may reject any and all bids, and, if in its discretion the
prices quoted are unreasonable or unbalanced, it may re-advertise
the work or any part of it or may do any part or all of the work by
day labor; provided that at any time the Commission may, in its
discretion, expend by day labor for construction work an amount not
exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) without advertising
or receiving bids. All such contracts shall be protected by such